Stock-waterer.



BURMAN WISE, OF ORLEANS, NEBRASKA.

'STQCK-VATERER.

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Spee-fieation of Letters Eatent.

Patented Dec. 6, 1910.

Application filed November 30, 1909. Serial No. 530,640.

T o all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, BURMAN lVisn, a Citi- This invention has relation tocertain new I and useful improvements in stock waterers.

The aim of my invention is to provide a light, neat, simply constructedand readily operated device by means of which water from a tank can befed into a trough to maintain the water level at a 1,)redeterminedheight within the trough.

Tith the above and other objects in view the present invention consistsin the combination and arrangementof parts as will be hereinafter morefully described and particularly pointed out in the appended claims, itbeing understood that changes in the specific structure shown anddescribed may be made within the scope of the claims withoutdepartingfrom the spirit of the invention.

In the drawings forming a part of this specification, and in which likenumerals of reference indicate similar parts in the several views,Figure 1 is a longitudinal sectional view of a watering troughen'ibodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a top view. Fig. 3 is a largedetached detail of the valve disclosing the same in section.

In the accompanying drawings the numeral 5 designates a suitable tank orreservoir to which the watering trough 6 is connected. This trough is ofany suitable length, depth and width.

Held within an opening 7 formed in the front 8 of the reservoir 5 is thethreaded tube 10, having an integral stop fiange 11, held to the innerface of the reservoir. At one end this threaded tube has the hollowsemispherical valve casing 12, which is exteriorly threaded as shown at13. The other end of this tube 10 is threaded, as shown at 14. Asuitable packing washer 15 is interposed between the stop flange 11 andthe reservoir to insure a watertight connection. Held to the valvecasing 12 is a second semispherical valve casing 16, which is alsoexteriorly threaded as shown at 18, and uniting these two valve casingswhich form a valve Chamber is the threaded collar 18.

The valve casing 16 is provided with the intake opening 20.

Held' within the valve casing 12 is the elastic valve head 21 having acentrally positioned aperture holding a valve stem 22, which is securedby means of the nut 23. This stem 22 passes entirely through and beyondthe tube 10, and at its project-ing end carries the nuts 25.

Threading upon the tube 10 is the bracket 2G, having the two aperturedears 28 carrying the pin 29, and pivotally held upon the pin 29, bymeans of an ear 30, which ear is held between the bracket ears 28. Thisbar is bent approximately at right angles to provide the lower extension34 and the upper extension 38 provided respectively with the opening andthe bolt opening 36, these openings being held at right angles to oneanother as shown in Fig. 3. Held within the aperture 35 is the stem 22,the nuts 25 being secured on opposite sides of the bar portion 84, whileadjustably held within the threaded aperture 86 is the bolt 40 carryingthe fioat 42. This regulator is so arranged that the water level withinthe trough will be maintained at a short distance above the ears 28 and30. The fioat 42 determines the water level within the trough. As soonas the water within the trough is consumed the float 42 will descend todisplace'the elastic valve head 21 permitting an inrush of water, whichas it rises within the trough will again carry the fioat upward to againclose the valve.

The device is simple in construction and positive of operation and theworking effects are readily accessible and adjustable.

Having thus described my said invention, what is claimed is:

The herein described water trough, comprising a threaded tube having anintegral stop flange and hollow. semispherical exteriorly threaded valvecasing, a second semispherical valve casing having an intake opening andan exterior screw thread, a threaded collar uniting said valve casing toform a valve Chamber, an elastic valve head within said first mentionedcasing, a stem adjustably carried by said head, a threaded bracket onsaid tube having two apertured ears, a pin within said ears, a barhaving an extending ear held upon said pin between the ears of saidbracket, said bar being bent In testmony Wlereof I affix my signature,approxmately athrgdlt angles md hafllcgl' n presence of two Wtnesses.

an a el'ture at eac en sal Stern ein e wth n one of said apertures,means zo se- BURMAN WISE' Cure said stem to said bar, a float, and abolt Wtnesses:

extending from said float and threadng into V. P. PIERCE,

said remaning bar aperture. JOHN DUNLAY.

